Shocking I know but....

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  • NinjadURbacon
    NinjadURbacon Posts: 395 Member
    wait are you trying to say Potter is equal or better than Lord of the Rings? i really, really hope not.

    Potter fans really want it to be equated with the better works of fiction. thats why they try to shoehorn theories into it.

    they should just accept it for what it is...its fantastic young adult, kids, juvenile...whatever fiction and thats it. nothing wrong with that.

    I'm pretty sure people were saying the same thing about LOTR back in the 1930's. LOTR classified as young adult fantasy fiction. Personally, I don't think the two are comparable. But no one really gave a flying crap about LOTR until Peter Jackson came along. Both have carved out their place in the history of literature and pop culture.
    He wrote The Hobbit as a bedtime story for his very young children.

    not exactly. it was written as a childrens book that he did not want to be published. He had only read it to friends and his children. He was quoted saying that "scholars do not write childrens books" that was why he did want it published.

    his influence to write the book came from a sentence that popped into his head that he wrote on a blank piece of paper, "in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit"
  • mamacita721
    mamacita721 Posts: 194 Member
    Back to the original topic....

    I see nothing on your list OP that inspires hatred personally. My list would be more like

    Taylor Swift
    One Direction fans
    Pickles
    It's a Wonderful Life
    New York Yankees
    Pickles
    Nickleback
    and PICKLES
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    Back to the original topic....

    I see nothing on your list OP that inspires hatred personally. My list would be more like

    Taylor Swift
    One Direction fans
    Pickles
    It's a Wonderful Life
    New York Yankees
    Pickles
    Nickleback
    and PICKLES

    Do you mean Pickles as in the food? I will eat all your pickles!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Back to the original topic....

    I see nothing on your list OP that inspires hatred personally. My list would be more like

    ...
    Pickles
    ....
    Pickles
    ....
    and PICKLES

    :noway:
  • bethany6709
    bethany6709 Posts: 23
    :noway:
  • MeganMcK11
    MeganMcK11 Posts: 117 Member
    Hate the Shades of Grey series.

    And yes I read them all. I enjoy reading and wanted to see what the hype was about. They were poorly written books. I've seen better pornos
  • NinjadURbacon
    NinjadURbacon Posts: 395 Member
    So the Author said it wasn't about that.... yet you think it is.... wat

    A lot of people who grew up with it try to ascribe a hidden deeper meaning to it. What it was is fifty shades of grey, for kids, without the dirtiness.

    It is no Lord of the Rings.

    I was 22 when the first book was published and didn't read them until two years ago.

    I won't even address the other comment. It's ridiculous on its face.

    Let me quote J.k. Rowlings for you:

    "When the books were originally released, the fans were able to grow up along with Harry," she said. "Although the story is fantasy, it is easily digestible by the reader. It isn't a heavy, dark fantasy. It is also the classic tale of good versus evil — everyone is rooting for Harry to win. It is a story that all teens can relate to."
  • mommabenefield
    mommabenefield Posts: 1,329 Member
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  • Factory_Reset
    Factory_Reset Posts: 1,651 Member
    This thread is full of people that offer nothing to society....



    The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Star Wars and LOTR should have never been mentioned in a negative light, if god existed, SHE would strike you down....

    there, fixed it for ya

    :flowerforyou:
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    So the Author said it wasn't about that.... yet you think it is.... wat

    A lot of people who grew up with it try to ascribe a hidden deeper meaning to it. What it was is fifty shades of grey, for kids, without the dirtiness.

    It is no Lord of the Rings.

    I was 22 when the first book was published and didn't read them until two years ago.

    I won't even address the other comment. It's ridiculous on its face.

    Let me quote J.k. Rowlings for you:

    "When the books were originally released, the fans were able to grow up along with Harry," she said. "Although the story is fantasy, it is easily digestible by the reader. It isn't a heavy, dark fantasy. It is also the classic tale of good versus evil — everyone is rooting for Harry to win. It is a story that all teens can relate to."

    BOOM goes the dynamite.

    so lets stop with all the comparisons to WWII. its obvious it wasnt her intention.


    do you guys think she will ever visit that universe again and if so when? i 100% think we'll see a new book in the next decade.
  • askeates
    askeates Posts: 1,490 Member
    I'd like to add The Rolling Stones to the list as well....

    OMG yes... Rolling Stones are a MUST on this list!!!!
  • latenitelucy
    latenitelucy Posts: 1,314 Member
    Hate the Shades of Grey series.

    And yes I read them all. I enjoy reading and wanted to see what the hype was about. They were poorly written books. I've seen better pornos

    This is what I've heard. I didn't even bother...
  • NinjadURbacon
    NinjadURbacon Posts: 395 Member
    So the Author said it wasn't about that.... yet you think it is.... wat

    A lot of people who grew up with it try to ascribe a hidden deeper meaning to it. What it was is fifty shades of grey, for kids, without the dirtiness.

    It is no Lord of the Rings.

    I was 22 when the first book was published and didn't read them until two years ago.

    I won't even address the other comment. It's ridiculous on its face.

    Let me quote J.k. Rowlings for you:

    "When the books were originally released, the fans were able to grow up along with Harry," she said. "Although the story is fantasy, it is easily digestible by the reader. It isn't a heavy, dark fantasy. It is also the classic tale of good versus evil — everyone is rooting for Harry to win. It is a story that all teens can relate to."

    BOOM goes the dynamite.

    so lets stop with all the comparisons to WWII. its obvious it wasnt her intention.


    do you guys think she will ever visit that universe again and if so when? i 100% think we'll see a new book in the next decade.

    I think harry potter is done for her. But i could see her making a new series to try to relive that success. She just had another book pop up that was done by her in a different name. Once people found out it was by her they are hard to find now.
  • NinjadURbacon
    NinjadURbacon Posts: 395 Member
    This is the best description of 50 shades of grey I have heard


    Porn for Woman.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    I think harry potter is done for her. But i could see her making a new series to try to relive that success. She just had another book pop up that was done by her in a different name. Once people found out it was by her they are hard to find now.

    i just cant see how she can stay away from that world for the rest of her life.
  • graceylou222
    graceylou222 Posts: 198 Member
    I guess you hate babies and puppies too
  • graceylou222
    graceylou222 Posts: 198 Member
    haha. kidding, had to say it... I really don't give a **** what you hate or don't hate.. personally i do love bohemian rhapsody and the beatles though... but, to each his own :)
  • NinjadURbacon
    NinjadURbacon Posts: 395 Member
    I think harry potter is done for her. But i could see her making a new series to try to relive that success. She just had another book pop up that was done by her in a different name. Once people found out it was by her they are hard to find now.

    i just cant see how she can stay away from that world for the rest of her life.

    not when people think that is all she can do. like a 1 hit wonder.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    I think harry potter is done for her. But i could see her making a new series to try to relive that success. She just had another book pop up that was done by her in a different name. Once people found out it was by her they are hard to find now.

    i just cant see how she can stay away from that world for the rest of her life.

    not when people think that is all she can do. like a 1 hit wonder.

    oh she will definitely explore other novels for a while but if she's successful or not i still think she'll go back to it somewhere down the line. she probably already has a rough outline at least in her head.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    Potter is a bunch of kids books based in fantasy.

    If you can describe them that way, you can't possibly have read them.

    The entire story is an analogy of WWII. I know Rowling claims she wasn't thinking of Hitler when she created Voldemort, but if you think about it, a lot of the characters take on the roles of the Allied and Axis countries and the whole "pure race" stuff even though Voldemort himself was half muggle (Hitler had Jewish ancestry) tells me she's full of it on that.

    It's a great story. The first two books are a little on the young side for reading, but after that it's pretty dark and deep.

    Maybe you only watched the movies, though. They aren't as detailed and leave a lot of important things out.


    right because it can not be the simple good vs evil, so what hero was in WWII that Harry Potter could have been.

    That is just a little stretch of the imagination. I have read all the books.
    He wasn't a specific person. He was England. As was Dumbledore. It's been a while since my last read, but I had a bunch of them figured out. Draco is Italy. That potions teacher (can't remember his name) who comes in book 6 is the US.

    And of course it COULD be a simple good vs. evil. But it isn't.

    LMFAO. you are killing me.

    it is good vs evil. HOW THE **** is Draco italy? HOW THE HELL IS HARRY POTTER ENGLAND? This is the funniest thing i have heard all day.
    I'm glad my knowledge of history and ability to read past the surface of a novel is so amusing to you. :flowerforyou:

    And since WWII pretty much boils down to good vs. evil, you really aren't negating my point at all.

    Knowledge of history is one thing, to try and make a book have more meaning then it really does is really just beyond amuzing in this aspect.

    I think i would like to change the meaning of harry potter to be more star wars. Harry is like Luke, Voldemort is like the Sith Lord and his followers. They are all manipulated by the force.....see i can do it too. Snape is like Darth Vader, shows his true nature in the end (not all that bad of a guy).
    You should read Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Back to the original topic....

    I see nothing on your list OP that inspires hatred personally. My list would be more like

    Taylor Swift
    One Direction fans
    Pickles
    It's a Wonderful Life
    New York Yankees
    Pickles
    Nickleback
    and PICKLES

    Longhorns and Aggies, Bieber and his rabid fans, Office Space... and I'm sure there are more.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    wait are you trying to say Potter is equal or better than Lord of the Rings? i really, really hope not.

    Potter fans really want it to be equated with the better works of fiction. thats why they try to shoehorn theories into it.

    they should just accept it for what it is...its fantastic young adult, kids, juvenile...whatever fiction and thats it. nothing wrong with that.

    I'm pretty sure people were saying the same thing about LOTR back in the 1930's. LOTR classified as young adult fantasy fiction. Personally, I don't think the two are comparable. But no one really gave a flying crap about LOTR until Peter Jackson came along. Both have carved out their place in the history of literature and pop culture.

    I've been a HUGE fan of LOTR since I was a child. My dad used to read those books to me at bedtime. I have very fond childhood memories of them!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    wait are you trying to say Potter is equal or better than Lord of the Rings? i really, really hope not.

    Potter fans really want it to be equated with the better works of fiction. thats why they try to shoehorn theories into it.

    they should just accept it for what it is...its fantastic young adult, kids, juvenile...whatever fiction and thats it. nothing wrong with that.

    I'm pretty sure people were saying the same thing about LOTR back in the 1930's. LOTR classified as young adult fantasy fiction. Personally, I don't think the two are comparable. But no one really gave a flying crap about LOTR until Peter Jackson came along. Both have carved out their place in the history of literature and pop culture.

    I've been a HUGE fan of LOTR since I was a child. My dad used to read those books to me at bedtime. I have very fond childhood memories of them!

    Well, I didn't have that kind of exposure to it. Just the Hobbit. Like I said earlier, I read it cause I was bored and figured I would like it because I liked the Hobbit.
  • bethannien
    bethannien Posts: 556 Member
    wait are you trying to say Potter is equal or better than Lord of the Rings? i really, really hope not.

    Potter fans really want it to be equated with the better works of fiction. thats why they try to shoehorn theories into it.

    they should just accept it for what it is...its fantastic young adult, kids, juvenile...whatever fiction and thats it. nothing wrong with that.

    I'm pretty sure people were saying the same thing about LOTR back in the 1930's. LOTR classified as young adult fantasy fiction. Personally, I don't think the two are comparable. But no one really gave a flying crap about LOTR until Peter Jackson came along. Both have carved out their place in the history of literature and pop culture.

    I've been a HUGE fan of LOTR since I was a child. My dad used to read those books to me at bedtime. I have very fond childhood memories of them!

    I was also exposed to LOTR long before the Peter Jackson films. We even had the LOTR 70s cartoon. In fact, most of the people I grew up with had read it before thd movies were released. It did reinvigorate the novels for a new generation, but saying no one gave a crap before hollywood filmified it is definitely untrue
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    wait are you trying to say Potter is equal or better than Lord of the Rings? i really, really hope not.

    Potter fans really want it to be equated with the better works of fiction. thats why they try to shoehorn theories into it.

    they should just accept it for what it is...its fantastic young adult, kids, juvenile...whatever fiction and thats it. nothing wrong with that.

    I'm pretty sure people were saying the same thing about LOTR back in the 1930's. LOTR classified as young adult fantasy fiction. Personally, I don't think the two are comparable. But no one really gave a flying crap about LOTR until Peter Jackson came along. Both have carved out their place in the history of literature and pop culture.

    I've been a HUGE fan of LOTR since I was a child. My dad used to read those books to me at bedtime. I have very fond childhood memories of them!

    I was also exposed to LOTR long before the Peter Jackson films. We even had the LOTR 70s cartoon. In fact, most of the people I grew up with had read it before thd movies were released. It did reinvigorate the novels for a new generation, but saying no one gave a crap before hollywood filmified it is definitely untrue

    AGAIN, in my experience, I was the only person I knew that read it or cared about it. My impression was that it had long been forgotten by the time I read it. And I heard nothing about it again until the movies.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    So the Author said it wasn't about that.... yet you think it is.... wat

    A lot of people who grew up with it try to ascribe a hidden deeper meaning to it. What it was is fifty shades of grey, for kids, without the dirtiness.

    It is no Lord of the Rings.

    I was 22 when the first book was published and didn't read them until two years ago.

    I won't even address the other comment. It's ridiculous on its face.

    And yet you liked them? Condolences.

    I tried to see what all the hubbub was about, I read the first one in a day or so, I found it to be one of the worst written things I've have ever read, filled with far too much archetypical pandering to childish escapism and juvenile messiah complex wet dreams.

    Ascribing more to it than what it is, simply is just flat wrong and falls far further into the fantasy realm than the books themselves. HP is better than Goosebumps, I will say that for sure.

    Again, it's fifty shades of grey for kids, and it is not a legitimate work of literary excellence, nor does it have hidden meanings.

    Again, it is no LOTR. ;)

    The SFX in the movies are quite excellent though, and I really dig Natalia Tena.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Back to the original topic....

    I see nothing on your list OP that inspires hatred personally. My list would be more like

    Taylor Swift
    One Direction fans
    Pickles
    It's a Wonderful Life
    New York Yankees
    Pickles
    Nickleback
    and PICKLES

    Longhorns and Aggies, Bieber and his rabid fans, Office Space... and I'm sure there are more.

    Taylor Swift is a cutie. Like a cross between a yearling colt and a golden retriever.
  • kmorales_4
    kmorales_4 Posts: 208 Member
    Further to my stating that I HATE Bohemian rhapsody, Here's a few other things that I dislike to the point of hatred:

    The Godfather
    The Godfather 2
    The Godfa..I think you see where this is going....

    The Deer hunter.

    Harry Potter ( but the increase in kids reading again was awesome)

    The Beatles.

    Big Brother, X Factor et al



    Bring on the abuse...... :smile:

    You left out Lord of the Rings and Twilight.
  • polarsjewel
    polarsjewel Posts: 1,725 Member
    Nickleback, Beiber, Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion (all of these make me ashamed to be Canadian)
    Taylor Swift
    One Direction
    Brussel Sprouts
    Beer
    Twilight
    50 Shades
  • jonsey_s
    jonsey_s Posts: 222
    Jeez......you go out for a bit and come back to a hijacked thread! :laugh:

    I don't hate Queen, just THAT song, and The Beatles might be great if I :laugh: hadn't worked in Liverpool and had their "greatness" thrust in my face every friggin day!

    And if I hear " hey Jude" once more.....

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